Sam Jammal's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Sam Jammal has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2018 Political Courage Test.
California Congressional Election 2018 Political Courage Test
| No | In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| Yes | In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending? | ||
| I believe we should lower taxes on the middle class and small businesses. Trump's tax reform solely favors the wealthy and large corporations. Regarding defense spending, we should focus on real threats - like cyber security - not on building fighter jets and other things that the Defense Department neither needs or has asked for. | |||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| Yes | Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| No | Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Corporate tax rates have already been lowered to their lowest rates of all-time. We should roll back additional corporate tax subsidies and loopholes given the current rate reduction. | |||
| Yes | Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards? | ||
| While education is ultimately a local issue, we need to take a national look at ensuring our young people and workforce are prepared to compete in the global economy. | |||
| Yes | Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| I support a transition to 100% clean energy. Having worked for SolarCity and Tesla, its clear we have the technology but need to make sure the market and politic allow for broad adoption of clean energy. | |||
| Yes | Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| We must ban assault weapons and close the various background check loopholes under current law. | |||
| No | Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")? | ||
| We must preserve life-saving protections in the Affordable Care Act and continue to improve the law. Ultimately, I support a transition to the Medicare for All because it is more cost effective and will better ensure patient needs are met. | |||
| No | Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border? | ||
| No | Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship? | ||
| I support comprehensive immigration reform with a path to citizenship, visa reform and border security to make sure our immigration system works well for our economy and families. The current system is broken and badly needs reform. | |||
| Yes | Should the United States use military force in order to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a nuclear weapon? | ||
| No | Do you support increased American intervention in Middle Eastern conflicts beyond air support? | ||
| The U.S. has a global leadership role, but we should not act alone and must work with the international community to solve problems. I believe in diplomacy first before we exercise military options to ensure we don't overextend our troops or entangle our military into an endless foreign conflict. | |||
| My top priorities if elected will be to make sure healthcare is affordable for everyone, supporting job training in the clean energy and technology sectors, and advocating for our small businesses. I will fight to defend the Affordable Care Act from efforts to roll back its life saving protections. I will work toward 100% transition to clean energy and will fight to promote the adoption of solar, wind and battery storage. With our changing economy, I will work to bring good paying jobs to our district along with implementing and strengthening programs to help small businesses be successful. |
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